Carnegie Equipment

Carnegie Equipment constructed a new 16,000 SF showroom and office facility, and converted their existing building to warehouse space. Keller Engineers was responsible for site-civil design and permitting, including layout, grading, stormwater management erosions and sedimentation control, utility coordination, landscaping plan, and highway occupancy permits for the driveways.

Project Uniqueness/Challenges:

The site contained approximately 300’ of paved frontage which had to be revised to create two distinct driveway entrances to comply with PennDOT’s standards.

Because finished floor elevation (FFE) is below the base flood elevation, the existing building is located inside a floodplain; therefore, the new addition could not be structurally connected to the existing building. The new building was designed to float along the face of the existing building.

Stormwater discharge was originally proposed to cross 6th Avenue and discharge to a stream culvert; however, a 36” diameter bore pipe under the road would have been needed. During the design process, the basin discharge pipe was re-routed through the neighboring Penelec substation property, which required an easement through the First Energy corporate office.